Tag: Immigration to Finland
Record-high immigration to Finland in 2023 amid declining birth rates
A significant part of this increase in immigration was the influx of Ukrainians seeking temporary protection in Finland. By Markus Rapo, senior statistician, 19,834 Ukrainian citizens immigrated to Finland, which is an impressive 26% of all immigration. Most of these immigrants were more than 18,000 more than the previous year. Rapo emphasizes that the statistics…
Getting Finnish citizenship is getting harder, Rantanen confirms
“The goal is that successful integration is a prerequisite for citizenship. Citizenship is the reward for that.” The government plans to raise the residence requirement from five to eight years, while reducing the number of days the applicant may have spent abroad during this period and clarifying that only stays with a residence permit are…
Immigration to Finland continues to be high – interest in studying in Finland is growing
According to the report, a total of 7,343 work-based first residence permit applications arrived in Finland at the beginning of 2023, which is slightly less than the previous year. The decrease is due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which significantly affected the number of applications. The conflict led to a sharp drop…
In 2022, a record number of 50,000 people immigrated to Finland
The lifting of restrictions, he explained, made it possible to release pent-up demand. “There were additions to the permit types. The number of work permits increased, there were more students and also more family members arrived. The only type without growth were asylum seekers,” he revealed to the news agency. This year, the number of…
STTK’s research shows a positive change in attitudes towards immigration and foreign workers in Finland
The reason for the change in positive attitude is the increase in work-related immigration to Finland over the last four years, as well as an active social discussion on the topic. STTK believes that the need for international recruitment in Finland must be expanded, as the working-age population is estimated to decrease by 130,000 by…
A new study shows that language skills and social relationships are key to the integration of immigrant early childhood educators in Finland
social relations at the workplace as well as the acceptance and recognition of the work community are directly related to how well early childhood educators with an immigrant background feel that they belong to the kindergarten’s work community. In Haanpää’s study, the views of early childhood educators with an immigrant background, as well as Finnish-born…
The war in Ukraine had a large impact on immigration to Finland
“Russia’s attack on Ukraine affected immigration to Finland in many ways. In addition to temporary protection, its effect was seen, for example, in the number of experts and seasonal workers,” said the CEO. Ilkka Haahtela. Temporary protection mechanism activated for the first time Finland grants temporary protection to those fleeing Ukraine as a result of…